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commit 4313fa5aad7f62b00ac5c56002857e9a84f9e692
parent 3d7fe422b8de5dbd15416d6111e6b5a7ad0781d4
Author: Christian Grothoff <grothoff@gnunet.org>
Date:   Sun, 21 May 2023 19:46:34 +0200

fix intros

Diffstat:
Afrags/about-taler.rst | 26++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mtaler-auditor-manual.rst | 9+--------
Mtaler-exchange-manual.rst | 9+--------
Mtaler-merchant-manual.rst | 16++--------------
Mtaler-user-guide.rst | 12++++++++++++
5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frags/about-taler.rst b/frags/about-taler.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. + This file is part of GNU TALER. + + Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Taler Systems SA + + TALER is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the + terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software + Foundation; either version 2.1, or (at your option) any later version. + + TALER is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY + WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR + A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with + TALER; see the file COPYING. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> + + +GNU Taler is an open protocol for an electronic payment system with a +free software reference implementation. GNU Taler offers secure, fast +and easy payment processing using well understood cryptographic +techniques. GNU Taler allows customers to remain anonymous, while +ensuring that merchants can be held accountable by governments. Hence, +GNU Taler is compatible with anti-money-laundering (AML) and +know-your-customer (KYC) regulation, as well as data protection +regulation (such as GDPR). + diff --git a/taler-auditor-manual.rst b/taler-auditor-manual.rst @@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ to become readable. About GNU Taler --------------- -GNU Taler is an open protocol for an electronic payment system with a -free software reference implementation. GNU Taler offers secure, fast -and easy payment processing using well understood cryptographic -techniques. GNU Taler allows customers to remain anonymous, while -ensuring that merchants can be held accountable by governments. Hence, -GNU Taler is compatible with anti-money-laundering (AML) and -know-your-customer (KYC) regulation, as well as data protection -regulation (such as GDPR). +.. include:: frags/about-taler.rst About this manual diff --git a/taler-exchange-manual.rst b/taler-exchange-manual.rst @@ -26,14 +26,7 @@ Introduction About GNU Taler --------------- -GNU Taler is an open protocol for an electronic payment system with a -free software reference implementation. GNU Taler offers secure, fast -and easy payment processing using well understood cryptographic -techniques. GNU Taler allows customers to remain anonymous, while -ensuring that merchants can be held accountable by governments. Hence, -GNU Taler is compatible with anti-money-laundering (AML) and -know-your-customer (KYC) regulation, as well as data protection -regulation (such as GDPR). +.. include:: frags/about-taler.rst About this manual diff --git a/taler-merchant-manual.rst b/taler-merchant-manual.rst @@ -9,20 +9,8 @@ Introduction About GNU Taler --------------- -GNU Taler is an open protocol for an electronic payment system with a -free software reference implementation. GNU Taler offers secure, fast -and easy payment processing using well understood cryptographic -techniques. GNU Taler allows customers to remain anonymous, while -ensuring that merchants can be held accountable by governments. Hence, -GNU Taler is compatible with anti-money-laundering (AML) and -know-your-customer (KYC) regulation, as well as data protection -regulation (such as GDPR). - -GNU Taler is not yet production-ready: after following this manual you -will have a backend that can process payments in “KUDOS”, but not -regular currencies. This is not so much because of limitations in the -backend, but because we are not aware of a Taler exchange operator -offering regular currencies today. +.. include:: frags/about-taler.rst + .. _About-this-manual: diff --git a/taler-user-guide.rst b/taler-user-guide.rst @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ GNU Taler User Guide #################### +Introduction +============ + +About GNU Taler +--------------- + +.. include:: frags/about-taler.rst + + +About this guide +---------------- + This guide explains various ways how users can interact with a GNU Taler installation. It assumes that a bank, exchange and merchant backend are running and that the user has a GNU Taler wallet installed is able to create